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The Oldest Capitol in the World. | Aug 20 09'

by CaLindaR07 a 25 year old female from San Diego, on vacation in Damascus

"So we accepted and spent three nights sleeping on the roof."

Aleppo was a hard place to leave because it felt so genuine, but traveling first class by train was not a bad way to say goodbye. The train t... Continue reading »
Armenian Massacre of 1915-18 | Apr 06 04'

by craig.young a real traveler, on vacation in Damascus

Today we stopped at the small shrine to the Armenian massacre in the otherwise undistinguished town of Deir ez-Zor. How an atrocity of this magnit... Continue reading »
Damascus | Apr 03 04'

by craig.young a real traveler, on vacation in Damascus

Damascus is not quite the cosmopolitan equal of Beirut or Cairo but it has the benefit of not having been utterly destroyed like the former or tran... Continue reading »
Moving back in time | Oct 13 02'

by The Dean of Travel a male from Fremont, on vacation in Damascus

Crossing the border into Syria turned out to be an uneventful moment. The western travelers clumped together in the immigration building, woma... Continue reading »
Damascus | Aug 10 07'

by Marc & Rose a traveling as a couple from Wellington, on vacation in Damascus

We had a couple of days in Damascus, but we preferred our nice camping ground with green grass to the dirty, smelly city. We went into visit the Um... Continue reading »
All Roads to Damascus | Aug 17 07'

by Wanderlust Mugfords a 30 year old traveling as a couple from Christchurch, on vacation in Damascus

Damascus is Syria's capital and is reportedly the oldest continuously inhabited town in the world's history. As a supposed 'Axis of Evil' according... Continue reading »
Lunch and... a RIVER OMG! | Jun 06 08'

by B. Chasê Gormán a male from Athens, on vacation in Hama

We just stopped in Hama for lunch and to look around for about an hour. All that's really there is the water wheels (which have been operatin... Continue reading »
Apparently this used to be a huge Greek city. | Jun 06 08'

by B. Chasê Gormán a male from Athens, on vacation in Apamea

We rolled in when the sun was going down, and there were zero other tourists there. Only local people who followed us around and showed us th... Continue reading »
Bosra and the Jordanian border. | May 30 08'

by B. Chasê Gormán a male from Athens, on vacation in Bosra ech Cham

I went to see the Roman ruins and some other things near the Jordanian border with Arabesk and crew. It was hot, but very interesting and qui... Continue reading »
Crac des Chevaliers Crusader Castle | Aug 08 07'

by Marc & Rose a traveling as a couple from Wellington, on vacation in Crac des Chevaliers

Crac is the most complete Crusader castle still standing and was the headquarters of the Hospitaller Knights during the Crusades. It was great actu... Continue reading »